Guild Wars 2

Hi, I stopped playing GW2 roughly a short time after the Southsun cove invasion event, with all the giant-bugs like starship troopers, it really turned me off the game how it was presented, very laggy etc. Anyway, I watched a video for some retro-jumping puzzle thing and basically that re-ignited my desire to play GW2.

I was just making this thread as I was thinking of creating a new character and starting fresh, I’m looking for any suggestions on what to play, I know there is a myriad of combinations and specs and what not, I played a Guardian DPS/Support role and a Thief with D/D backstab + shortbow build. Has anything drastically changed in the last few months? What classes/specs would be considered a great addition to a small group for pvp or pve adventures, Thanks in advance guys and looking forward to doing dem jumping puzzles again!

The big news at the moment is the Living Story and the events in South Sun Cove. You’ll be happy to know you’ve joined at a time when Karka are back in vogue. Though there have been some changes to Southsun.

Mesmers are a really interesting choice for a lot of people. They do well in SPvP, WvW and PVe. Just a thought. Any thoughts on what race you’d like to be?

I’m not really bothered about the race, I may even pick up on one of my old characters, depends on how alien it feels to play one when I log back in. Are a lot of the “end game” dungeons paths still bugged ? That was really frustrating. Also has anything been expanded upon in regards to the fractals? I thought they were very fun addition to the game, but became slightly repetative and boring the harder they became, also there were a lot of bugs present in that respect too. Thanks for your answer so far, I didn’t really think of playing a Mesmer before, they do seem like a really fun class to play in all situations and roles, They got hit with nerfs a couple of times over the duration that I played.

Most of the dungeon bugs have been fixed. I’ve done every dungeon path so far but Arah path 4.

There’s a ton of new content, but it’s not new permanent content (except for Guild Missions and the new PvP map). The content changes and evolves all the time.

Right now, the big news is the stuff going on in South Sun cover. It’s only here till June 4 (I think). Early June anyway.

The crab toss mini game is hysterical (once you get the hang of it). Plenty of new event there, and harder creatures to fight. Won’t have the lag you had during the event when everyone was there.

Give a couple of professions a try. Play them up to like level 15, trying all the different weapon sets. A lot of people love mesmer great sword…I prefer staff. Everyone is different and just a weapon change can completely change the way a profession changes.

And join a decent guild. It’s a big help in this game. More so than many other games I find.

For rerolling, you might consider a Warrior. They’re pretty much god while leveling are OP for endgame PvE content. Even specced full DPS, they still have higher armor and HP than most classes specced tanky. Mesmer might be tricky to level if you won’t be running around with friends, most “leveling” zones are pretty empty because of the new Karka event.